Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have devised software that allows architects to see how their design choices will affect the building throughout its entire life.
Franz-Josef Ulm, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, said if architects considered the lifecycle impact of particular choices, it was usually at the end of the design process. He said the software was aimed at getting them to use it as a design tool.
However, the team wanted to gauge the effect this had on the architect’s freedom, so they looked at how a range of factors affected the design process.
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